2016 Emails Between Wilshire Center BID And The City Of LA or Tara Devine

Subject: Re: Materials for State of the BIDs Report

From: Tara Devine

Date: 04/1 3/201 6 10:44 AM

To: Mike Russell

Oh, and Miranda also replied that the Report looks great.

On Apr 1 3, 201 6 1 0:43 AM, "Wilshire Center BID" <mike@wilshirecenter.com> wrote:
Thank you Tara.

On Apr 13, 2016, at 10:40 AM, Tara Devine <tara@devine-strateaies.com> wrote:

My apologies for not looping back faster. We did discuss yesterday and he'd rather wait until May. Thursday's
agenda is full and he doesn't want to short-shrift the report.

Copy discussion not yet resolved.

On Apr 13, 2016 10:39 AM, "Wilshire Center BID" <mike@wilshirecenter.com> wrote:

HI Tara,

Any word from Andrew about tomorrow? I'm guessing this item will be brought up at the May 1 2th meeting?
Just wanted to check with you.

Thank you,

Mike Russell

Wilshire Center Business Improvement Corporation (WCBIC)
mike@wilshirecenter.com

www.wilshirecenter.com

facebook.com/wilshirecenter

213-487-7003

3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1 032
Los Angeles, CA 9001 0

On Apr 1 1, 2016, at 3:42 PM, Tara Devine <tara@devine-strateaies.com> wrote:

Andrew replied almost immediately after I sent it to say it looked great.

No reply from Jessica or Miranda yet. I will probably have to follow-up to get feedback, I was
going to give them a couple of days before I do, but perhaps Andrew would want to make room
and push this up to Thursday's agenda if no one has significant feedback?

There may not be a lot of feedback one way or the other. I have received very minimal
direction/input on my portions of the project to date, and have usually had to follow up to get
feedback. I choose to interpret that as they are happy with the work, lol :)

I'll ask Andrew if the Consortium assistant can run copies of the draft report for the Consortium
meeting. ..or perhaps the City Clerk can run them, and I'll loop back with you asap if he decides to
move this up to Thursday's agenda.

Tara

On Mon, Apr 1 1 , 201 6 at 1 :30 PM, Wilshire Center BID <mike@wilshirecenter.com> wrote:

Hi Tara,

Any inital feedback/edits?

Also, do I need to make color copies for Thursday’s Consortium Meeting?

Thank you,

Mike Russell

Wilshire Center Business Improvement Corporation (WCBIC)
mike@wilshirecenter.com

www.wilshirecenter.com

facebook.com/wilshirecenter

213-487-7003

3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1032
Los Angeles, CA 9001 0

On Apr 8, 201 6, at 2:52 PM, Wilshire Center BID <mike@wilshirecenter.com>
wrote:

Hi Tara,

I made a few minor changes. Please use this one instead. Please share the
attached file with the group.

Thank you,

Mike Russell

<state-of-the-bid-report.pdf>

On Apr 8, 2016, at 12:13 PM, Tara Devine <tara@devine-
strateaies.com> wrote:

Wow. I think it looks fabulous! Thank you!

I am short on time today for detailed review, although I don't think a
detailed review will yield too many comments from me.

But I took a quick run through it and I think it looks really good, and
nothing stood out as an "I would change that."

Are you okay with my distributing it now to Jessica Lall, Andrew Thomas
and Miranda Paster?

On Fri, Apr 8, 201 6 at 1 1 :53 AM, Wilshire Center BID
<mike@wilshirecenter.com> wrote:

Hi Tara,

Here is where I’m at with the report. See the attached pdf. Please let
me know what you think.

Thank you,

Mike

On Mar 18, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Tara Devine <tara@devine-
strateaies.com> wrote:

1 ) Attached is a whittled-down Powerpoint layout (feel free
to whittle it down still more in the layout if you like. ..use
your judgment.) Miranda reviewed and we discussed
earlier this week. I incorporated her suggested changes
(minor.)

2) I previously sent you a link to the Google Drive photos,
if you need me to send it again, just let me know. The
name of the BID should be in the filename for all the
photos.

3) Under separate cover, I'll forward some layout styles
and/or actual reports that I like. But feel free to use your
judgment or suggest ones you like. It's hard to find reports
online that are similar in nature/content to this one. There
are a lot of business/annual reports and a lot of
government reports/studies, both of which trend a lot
wordier than this. This is sort of a marketing "light" format
with a bit more substance - 1 have had trouble finding
reports quite like it.

I don’t really have any preconceived notions of what the
layout should look like, other than going a bit more
modern and/or urban than the last one. I think the last one
laid out the content well, so feel free to use that as a
reference as well as my Powerpoint. I'm attaching the
prior SOTB Report in case you don’t have it electronically.
I have no attachment to a portrait or landscape layout -
your choice.

4) Let me know whenever you need input or assistance -
I'm here to help. Thank you for offering to do this!

Warmest regards,

TARA DEVINE

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